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Senior Parts and Reliability Engineer

Scout · Reston, VA - Remote · Remote

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About Scout

AI insights for consumer products. Backed by Techstars.

About the role

Scout is seeking a highly experienced Parts Engineering and Reliability Engineering Subject Matter Expert to join our Mission Assurance team. This individual will play a key role in flight assurance, serving as the technical authority for electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical (EEE/EM) parts selection, qualification, and reliability across our optical payload and launch vehicle component product lines.

What they're looking for

  • 10 years experience working in space/aerospace industry
  • Prior experience at a satellite, optical payload, or launch vehicle manufacturer
  • Experience with NASA or DoD space system standards (e.g., NPR 8705.4, SMC-S-009, MIL-STD-1547, MIL-STD-883)
  • Enthusiastic attitude towards individual and team work and collaborating with geographically diverse offices
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts and technical information clearly and concisely
More about this role

Scout Space is building a new way to see and operate in space: with a new paradigm of data empowering every satellite to make space safer. We are a rapidly growing team; we are deploying real solutions to orbit over the next 2 years; and our work will transform the face of spaceflight. We are looking for people who bring excitement and energy to our organization, are curious and eager to learn, and want to help drive our programs forward.

Scout is seeking a highly experienced Parts Engineering and Reliability Engineering Subject Matter Expert to join our Mission Assurance team. This individual will play a key role in flight assurance, serving as the technical authority for electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical (EEE/EM) parts selection, qualification, and reliability across our optical payload and launch vehicle component product lines. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for a seasoned engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, seed-stage space startup environment and wants to help build parts and reliability engineering processes from the ground up.

  • Own the parts engineering program, including EEE parts selection, derating analysis, screening, and qualification for space...

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